Analysis: Whether U.S. retailer Lowe's returns with a hostile offer directed at shareholders, something analysts note it has never done in its 50-plus years as a corporation, depends on how badly and quickly it wants to expand in Canada

Quebec-based Rona said Monday it only learned through a news release that its U.S. suitor Lowe's had withdrawn its unsolicited, non-binding acquisition proposal, adding that it continues to concentrate on its own efforts to rejuvenate the company